81 dead as Yemen's Houthis push towards key strait: Sources
The fighting left 81 combatants dead, with Houthi forces trying to cut off Mokha and advance toward the Bab al-Mandab strait, officials said.
- Clashes between Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed government forces have killed 81 combatants since Thursday, as rebels launched a ground assault near the Red Sea coast targeting the government-held port city of Mokha.
- Houthi forces are attempting to sever access to Mokha and advance toward the strategic Bab el-Mandeb strait, aiming to seize elevated positions overlooking government-held areas to control the Red Sea shipping lane.
- Military sources reported 24 government soldiers killed on the Red Sea coast and 15 in the Taiz area, while medical sources confirmed at least 42 Houthi militants died during the Thursday fighting.
- Yemeni officials in Aden sent reinforcements to Taiz on Saudi orders to counter the rebel advance, defending government positions near the coastal town of Khokha and inland Taiz.
- This escalation threatens the Bab el-Mandeb chokepoint, a vital transit route for oil exports after Iran blockaded the Strait of Hormuz, marking Yemen's deepening involvement in the broader Middle East war.
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According to medical and military circles, more than 120 people have been killed since Thursday in serious battles between the pro-Iranian Houthi militia and government troops in Yemen.
Last night, the situation in Yemen, divided into several parts by various paramilitary ethnic groups and the internationally recognized government of the country, sharply deteriorated. The Arab press reports that clashes between the Yemeni Houthi militia “Ansar Allah” and
The country went back into the war last July.
Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebels clashed in the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, resulting in a total of 129 deaths. This is the most intense ground battle to have occurred recently during the Yemeni civil war, and tensions are reaching a peak as both sides reinforce their troops and equipment.
More than 120 people have been killed in clashes between Yemeni government forces and the pro-Iranian Houthi rebels. Foreign media reported that the most intense fighting in the Yemeni civil war in recent years has taken place. On the 4th (local time), AFP reported, citing sources from both the Yemeni military and the Houthi, that 129 people were killed in a single day due to fighting between the two sides that began the previous day.
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